Dragaera

The Religion Debate

pyranf at attbi.com pyranf at attbi.com
Thu Nov 28 23:16:59 PST 2002

> First, I believe the part of the Bible you're thinking of is the Old 
> Testament, which largely becomes useless in Christian thinking after the 
> arrival of the New Testament

This is a highly questionable line of thought, as the New Testament relies 
heavily on the Old Testament to explain its legitimacy.  For example, in order 
for Jesus to be the Messiah, he must adhere to the OT rules for the Messiah, 
which early Christian writers and the NT itself go to great pains to prove 
(IIRC, one of the Gospels attempts to directly tie Jesus to the bloodline of 
David).  Also, there is no difference at all between the OT god and the NT god -
- they are, in fact, the same god.  The only reason, it seems to me, that 
people want the NT to supercede the OT is to reconcile the brutal, violent god 
of the OT to the peaceful, loving god of the NT.

-Ari